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G.- A. KING.

PUZZLE; APPLICATION FILED MAYI6|`19I8.

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G. A. KING.

PUZZLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY Ife. IeIs.

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GUSTAVE A. KING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application med May 16, v191s. seria1No.234,sss.

To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE A. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.

The puzzle device which is the subject matter of the present application for patent consists of two flexible interlocked, strips, one of which is bent to form the letter S, the object being to change this strip into the letter C without removing it from the other strip.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in said drawings,

Figure l is a plan view of one of the members of the puzzle;

Fig. 2 is a plan view and Figs. 3 to 8 are perspective views illustrating the manner in which the puzzle is solved.

Referring specifically to the drawing 10 and 11 denote two strips of paper or other flexible material and of suitable length. The strip 10 has three longitudinally spaced slits 12 running in the direction of the length of the strip, and it is adapted to be bent into a sigmoidal curve to obtain the letter S, and strung on the strip 11 by passing the latter through the slits 12. The problem then is to change the letter S to the letter C, or into unciform shape, without removing it from the strip 11. This is accomplished in the followingl manner:

The curved strip 10 is first moved along the strip 11 to come close to the lower end thereof as shown in Fig. 4; next, the upper part of the strip 11 is curved back and down so that its ends overlap as shown at A in Fig. 5; the strip 11 being now in the form of a loop, circle or oval; next, while the lapped ends A are held between the thumb and fore-finger of one hand, the other hand pulls the upper part of the S back over and down the remote section of the looped strip 11, as shown in Fig. 6; next, the portion B, B, B of the S is turned in the direction of the arrows of Fig. 6 to appear as at of the other member,

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B1, B1, B1 in Fig. 7 g and, nally, the portion B1, B1, B1 of the S is raised closer to the joint or lap A of the stripy l1 to assume the shape of the letter C, as shown in Fig. 8.

The strip l1 also contains the following inscription Cubs vs. OX. When the strip 10 has the S form, this letter, combined with OX on the strip l1, forms the word Sox`7 the popular designation of a well known base ball club, the letters O, X, appearing between the convolutions of the strip 10. W'hen the strip 10 is given the C shape, this letter, combined with the letters U, B, S, on the strip 11, spells the word Cubs the popular designation of another well-known base ball club. Various other inscriptions may be applied to the strip 11 to form words when combined with the letter strip 10, and the latter strip may contain inscriptions such as advertising matter, etc. The device can be so cheaply manufactured that it may be used as an advertising novelty.

I claim:

l. A puzzle comprising a air of flexible, interlocked strips, one of t e strips being strung on the other strip in a sigmoidal curve, and being changeable thereon into unciform shape without removal from the strip.

2. A uzzle comprising` a pair of flexible, interloc (ed strips, one of the strips being strung on the other strip in a sigmoidal curve and having slots through which Said other strip passes, the curved strip being changeable into unciform shape without removal from the strip on which it is strung.

3. A puzzle comprising a pair of flexible, interlocked strips, one of the strips being strung on the other strip in the shape of the letter S, and being changeable thereon into the shape of the letter C without removal from the strip.

4f. A puzzle comprising a pair of flexible, interlocked strips, one of the strips being strung on the other strip in the shape of the letter S, and being changeable thereon into the shape of the letter C without removal from the strip, the second mentioned strip having inscriptions which are completed by being combined with the letter strip.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

GUSTAVE A. KING.

ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

